Remember car dealers had to be forced to keep most of our information private, theGramm-Leach-Bliley Act was designed to stop car dealerships shady business practices. Click here to read the “FTC’s Privacy Rule and Auto Dealers” and here to read the “A Dealer Guide To The FTC Privacy Rule and Model Privacy Notice.”

The irony of course is car manufacturers have been making cars that spy on us for years.

Allstate Insurance wants cameras to spy on other drivers and identify any distractions:

The future of American policing is staring everyone in the face, it’s no longer about safety it’s about balancing their budgets, paying for the 2.3 million in our jails and the untold millions who have been ticketed and fined by police.

Major auto insurance companies including Allstate, Progressive and State Farm are trying to get drivers to install “telematic devices” in their cars. These surveillance gadgets are marketed under various names and are plugged into your vehicle’s onboard diagnostic port.

In 2012, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 96% of 2013 model vehicles have event data recorders which can track when the airbags are set off, if brakes are applied before a collision and even whether the seatbelts were buckled.

Chevrolet’s 2016 Malibu will feature a system called “Teen Driver” that lets parents SPY on their kid’s driving habits.

Teens drivers will also get an audible and visual warning if a vehicle travels over pre-set speeds (between 40 and 75 miles per hour!

There are more spying devices in our cars…

Electronic Control Units which are in every vehicle, keep track of everything from how fast you drive to how long your car idles and how suddenly you brake, the report says. Your car’s GPS system, for example, also keeps track of your exact location, sending that information to the car’s manufacturer, or possibly a third-party call center or an insurance agency.

Detailed information about where a person spends their time paints an disturbing picture of their life!

You and your family take a 3 1/2 hour drive. As you’re driving down the highway you notice you’re going 15 miles over the speed limit not to worry you think, you haven’t seen a cop for miles. As you exit the highway, the road appears deserted so you come to a rolling stop at a few intersections. And finally just as you get close to your destination you get stuck behind a slow moving vehicle, frustrated by the long drive you pass the vehicle in a no passing zone.

When you finally arrive at your destination, you think to yourself, we were lucky we didn’t see a single cop. Upon arriving home from your trip you get a notice of numerous traffic violations totaling hundreds of dollars from the police in EVERY town where you committed an infraction. And you also got a notice informing you that your auto insurance plans to deduct drivers license points, resulting in higher insurance premiums.

All this thanks to the numerous spying technologies that are in use right now. One’s like traffic and highway cams, Fast Lane transponders, insurance surveillance gear and auto manufacturer black boxes.